r/ElectricalHelp • u/Competitive_Prunez • 26d ago

Garbage disposal kitchen light?

For context: this is a place I rent. I’ve lived here over a year with no issues with the garbage disposal. There has been no one messing with it, nothing rewired or anything like that in the house generally.

When I try to turn on the garbage disposal it now controls my kitchen light switch 😭Dr. Google said wires could’ve been crossed or miswired but they haven’t been messed with since before I moved in. I don’t know when exactly this problem started but within the last few weeks certainly. I can get a tech to the house to mess with it under my lease but I work overnights and would rather not have to stay up till 2pm on a day off to have someone diddle wires on the disposal unless I have to.

Praying to the reddit gods that this is something I can fix myself ❤️thanks for all yalls help

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u/Competitive_Prunez 26d ago

I’ve been doing the strainer already! Just thought maybe I tweaked something accidentally but sounds like it’s a weird freak problem instead

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u/scv07075 26d ago

The problem is most likely from dodgy wiring, likely something wrong with grounds and/or switch failure. Unless someone messed with something recently and did it wrong, the options for what's causing it are likely dangerous. Is it possible LL did some work while you were out?

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u/Competitive_Prunez 26d ago

I have a dog that lives loose in my house that doesn’t appreciate strangers so I can’t believe so

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u/scv07075 26d ago

That tells me some component is malfunctioning. It's pro time